Many foods will finish cooking when the internal temperature of the food hits near 212°F/100°C. This means that steam is a strong indicator of a dish's progress. Noticing smell is another easy and surprisingly intuitive way to judging your food's progress, just make sure not to burn your nose! Give it a couple tries and you'll be a pro.
How do I know when my food is done?
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I currently use a thermometer with an internal probe,wire to the thermometer outside. Bought it at Walmart. I set my temp and it beeps when it reaches that temp. A similar devise might work on this one.
infra red no touch thermometers are now pretty cheap on eBay. Just open, point and press.
Although infrared thermometers are helpful, when checking steaming foods the temp they're usually reading is usually the rapidly cooling vapor temperature floating above the cooking food. I use my infrared therm to check the empty inside tube temp before cleaning it to avoid thermal shock. I don't think there's a good substitute for a contact thermometer. The Walmart unit- is the probe or cable small enough to safely fit through the steam vent?
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